So I had the time of my life in PDX w/ Jojo! We were so close to U2 I could have thrown my cell phone at them! They put on the best concert ever! My voice is still cracking I was screaming so loud and hard! OMG - just awesome! Jojo and I had about four beers while there - which isn't a lot untill you figure that we had no food in our bellies and each beer was 20 ounces. Put that way it explains why we were a bit tipsey (okay a LOT tipsey). We left the Rose Center and didn't even discuss which direction to go, we just decided our hotel was in "that" direction and walked there. An hour and a half and two miles later we discovered we weren't in Kansas anymore and no where near our hotel so we threw in the towel and called a cab. Jojo was smart in our soberness to grab a cab card from the cabbie who took us to the concert. We had a blast though - at one point we got into a hissy fight, though we are now unclear what we were originally arguing over, but we decided that whatever our strife was it was only going to be settled by a thumb wrestle. So there we were at midnight, in the drizzly Portland city under a street lamp on NW Northrup and NW 19th duking it out with our thumb war. I believe Jojo won.
Mom's visit here was awesome though let me tell you what happens when you put my travel luck together w/ Mom's travel luck - catastrophe!! We drove the 3 hours to Leavenworth to see the World Renowned lights, we were told "you will not be disappointed". And guess what. Apparently the "Ice Festival" was to take place on Saturday and while we were there on Friday, the streets/vendors were mandated by the Chamber of Commerce to keep their lights off so the lighting festival on Saturday would be "virgin". Mind you, the lights are on and have been on every day since Thanksgiving. Just Friday, the 16th they were off. Can you believe that sh*t?! WTF!! Other than that it was fun. Messiah was great, always a treat. We made cookies and shopped and had fun.
The kittens are almost 100% healthy. I was surprised to learn they are already over 3 months old and altered! Vets can alter cats at 1 and half pounds these days!! Shocking but necessary. So we get them over Christmas but probably not through the new year. Boo hasn't talked to us since we got the kittens. We tried introducing our cats to them last night but that went over like a lead ballon.
Work is going well - in fact I should be doing that right now but you know. :-) My review went swimmingly - I'm happy but only briefly as I only have 15 working days to close November and December - yikes! I guess that's what I get for joining the real world. I'm in the C-I-T-Y now!!
Amy is visiting in January - hello AWESOME!!!! I can't wait to show her off and around. There are a ton of veggie places here that I know she will love. Not to mention fun things to do on a normal basis! Steven will be in town next weekend for the new year, it will be nice seeing him. I can tell he's changed a lot. I imagine I would too if I were in his shoes. I can't wait to see him.
And - the best news! So Dane has been taking classes for and trying to get his certification for Remedy. This is a covetted cert as it takes well over $10,000 to obtain and you have to have company sponsorship. The classes and exams are brutal - I liken it to the CPA exam for accountants and the bar exam for lawyers - for him this is IT. So while Mom was here, he was taking the final exams and application presentation. He was worried and fretful that he wouldn't pass. He thought for sure that he would be either taking it again or barely squeaking by. Well - on Tuesday he got word from Remedy that not only did he pass, he passed with the highest score ever recorded in Remedy history!! Not in his company, IN THE ENTIRE WORLD OF REMEDY!!!!!! He got a 97.5%!! Can you believe that?! Awesome! My mom and I asked him what sort of laziness did he possess to screw up and not get 100%. Hee hee. So Dane is absolutely gleeful. Then, as if that wasn't good enough, on the same day he went go-karting w/ his colleagues at WaMu and won 1st place complete w/ trophey. And if that wasn't all he needed - his boss emailed him yesterday and said "your annual review is in January and your salary review is in April - let's combine the two and meet on Jan 3rd". I AM SO PROUD OF MY HONEY!!!!!
We went to the Melting Pot last night to celebrate our greatness (okay mostly his because I don't feel so great these days) and had a wonderful time. We are so happy. I can't wait to spend this Christmas alone w/ my honey. BEAM!!!!
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I can't wait to see you!! :-D And your house and your city and your friends and Noc Noc and Dane and the space needle and everything I've heard you talk about. Yay!
Oh it's on! You will have a choice of goth clubs - what do you think of that! And a choice of veggie restaurants! Not veggie choices at a restaurant, whole establishments serving only the best veggie, vegan, and organic foods ever!!
And the music scene is just hot here - we will have B-L-A-S-T!!
Boo will get over it, eventually. And only at his convenience mind you, it took Gaia Cat a while to look me in the eye after we brought the Pumpkin Fire Kitten home...but all is well.
I am so proud of D too, he's really earned it and if we didn't already know he was brilliant he's managed now to document it for the world to see. It is an achievement, he will now make lots of money and buy me that padded room with rubber sheets I've always wanted:)
And Amy dear...you are going to LOVE it there. My family belongs to a Vegan CoOp in their city and it's a really amazing experience, I hope some day the rest of the world will get a clue.
Love you dears, Happy Solstice!
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